Katharine Sadowski

Katharine Sadowski received her PhD in Public Policy, with concentrations in economics and data science, from Cornell University in 2025. She is an applied microeconomist whose research spans labor and public economics, the economics of education, and policy analysis, with a particular focus on early childhood education. She employs a variety of methodological tools including econometrics, natural language processing, and machine learning. Sadowski’s currently working on a series of projects using restricted-access Census data to examine how local, state, and federal policies affect the childcare industry and, in turn, shape the experiences and outcomes of families and children. Her work has been funded by the W.E. Upjohn Institute, Russell Sage Foundation, and Horowitz Foundation.